- Jayland Walker, 25, was shot and killed Monday after officers attempted to stop his car for a traffic violation.
- He fired a shot as police engaged in a car chase, which lasted several minutes.
- Authorities moved snowplows and other heavy equipment near the police department to serve as a deterrent.
Angry activists demonstrated on Friday in Akron, Ohio, in the Midwestern United States, in response to yet another police shooting death of a Black man earlier this week.
Jayland Walker, 25, was shot and killed Monday after officers attempted to stop his car for a traffic violation, according to the Akron, Ohio, police department.
But Walker drove off and fired a shot as police engaged in a car chase, which lasted several minutes. He eventually got out of his car, while it was still moving, and fled on foot.
Several officers finally chased Walker to a parking lot, where “actions by the suspect caused the officers to perceive he posed a deadly threat to them,” leading them to open fire, the police statement said.
Walker was pronounced dead at the scene.
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